News-Palladium, The (Newspaper) - July 15, 1971, Benton Harbor, Michigan Michigan's Biggest Buy For Reader And For Advertiser BENTON HARBOR MICH THURSDAY JULY 15 1971 30 PAGES lOc WEATHER FORECAST Mostly fair and cool tonight mostly sunny Friday TEMPERATURES Readings from Weil noon to Thurs 12 n 6 p m 9 p in 12 in 59 3 a B a 9 a 12 n.................71 High 78 at 8 p.m low 57 3 DIFFERENT KIND OF With union workers striking Bell Telephone system Allen Sales normally a business office representative wears faintly puzzled expression in first few hours taking over unfamiliar job of distance operator in Benton Harbor exchange He's substituting for board girl who takes care of calls that require operator handling Direct dialing of most long distance calls goes on as usual Staff photo by Wesley Stafford Service A Bit Slower Little Effect Seen In Telephone Strike By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Effects on telephone service were minimal today as a strike by some members of the highly automated Belt System entered its second day If my wife wants me just iell tier to dial one Southern A F Communications i Bell executive told his staff as Workers of America against the he ami thousands of other Includes Drinking Michigan's Get Full Adult Rights personnel look ove the strikers jobs after the walkout Wednesday CALLS GO calls generally went through normally but both sides agreed that in a matter of time service would begin to deteriorate Repairs and lations were slowed or halted in the area In Michigan the strike is not yet having an appreciable effect on phone service a Michigan Bell Telephone Co spokesman said Wednesday Benton Harbor district mana- ger Harvey Dams said the first day of the strike was a little difficult for supervisory who stepped in In take over duties of the strikers But we're getting along very well now An at Ihc local tele- phone office told Dams the first day of this strike went much more smoothly than did situations Supervisory personnel a r c working at least 10 hour shifts doing their regular jobs and serving stints at the hoards Dams asked that I phone users try to limit their calls which require an or's assistance otherwise Sec page 13 col 1 LANSING Mich AP Michigan will become adults next Jan 1 with the legal rights to drink gamble sue and enjoy all other privileges and of those over 21 That became a certainty Wednesday with the ing Senate vote on the Age of Majority long stalled after its passage in the House two months ago Gov William im- mediately congratulated the legislature and said he ex- to sign the in short order SOLIDLY Milliken and other top state officials had solidly endorsed full adulthood for persons ages action taken in at least one other stale Vermont approved an age of majority earlier this year Lawmakers in both the igan House and Senate had tried unsuccessfully to delete drinking rights from the In the House efforts also were made to withhold bling provisions But substantial majorities supported the full adulthood package in each chamber recently won the right to vote in all elections when 39 stale ratified a congressional amendment to U S The Senate vole for the adulthood came after long and emotional debate that centered on the drinking tion Sen Donald Bishop ester cited studies indicating young people were involved in more traffic accidents after the age of they begin to and after when they begin to drink legally If those Iwo beginnings were brought closer together by lowering Ihc legal drinking age he said the tendency would be toward an increase in traffic problems for the younger age group But colleagues both lican and Democratic ar- gued against bis position and succeeded in rejecting an amendment aimed at in the drinking age NOT Sen William said it would he unjust hypocritical and to grant all rights drinking And he argued we're not trailblazing At least 12 other states and the District of Columbia allow some drinking under age 21 Sen Jack Faxon said it would be unrealistic to think that not changing the law will make one iota of difference for the young ple of the state Let's get the police cers away from looking for beer cans from those under 21 and get them out looking for he urged The Sonate also defeated an amendment proposed liy Sen Alvin DeGrow that would have authorized tlie lower drinking age lor a period Senate Appropriations man Charles 0 Zollar Benton Harbor was one of the few lawmakers speaking to other sections of the ISSUES WARNING Zollar called the drinking question moot but warned of the fiscal im- of their majority 1 hope we as adults would inform young people of ho consequences of hasty ments in fiscal area thai they will spend a lifetime he said contended the ture was turning them loose in a world that is based on whal one man can lake from another He suggested that some young people who could afford a car for instance might be into a model or a home outside their price range Besides allowing drinking and helling al 18 the Age of Majority authorizes young people make wills enter Sec page 13 col 1 DOG GONE Ohio haH a new pound and its most unique feature in pictured here night depository for pooches It is here by Warden Ralph Swob It opens to a cage where the wait until the pound staff arrives for work Swob says as many ns 30 or 40 dogs have been dropped off in one night I think folks are leaving us their neighbors he smiled But that's OK we're giving them back to their owners AP HIS ON HIS David McNeil 15 son of Mr arid Mrs McNeil 1210 Napier a venue St Joseph a sophomore Jit St Joseph school wants to a police officer His hobby is collecting police department shoulder patches and in the year and a half he has been writing to departments all over Uie lie gathered HI Some come from far as Tokyo and Canada Royal Mounted Police and some as close as Twin Oily area His display is on exhibit in the St seph police department Dave's father a captain in the St Joseph fire department Staff photo by Derrick No-Fault Divorce Law In Milliken's Lap The temperature of Lake Michigan at the shoreline today is degrees Midi Michigan would have i no Fault divorce law eliminating ad- grounds for ending a if William Milli- ken approves a being pre- pared for Tlie Senate cleared for ad ion the governor when it accepted some amendments to Hie Barkers of he con- cept in opera I ion in various f o m s in 1 as 1 j for n J a nd Iowa U would remove perjury and from Now 18 Can Bet At Horse Tracks Hid divorce Op- say il WON Iff make di- Loo easy to come hy could prove harmful In dren In a traditional minute Hint of Wednesday also A I hn i re- quiring employers to provide pay for equal work 0111 discrimination on sex A measure juvenile In hike tion in eases involving Ihc emo- tion i I of a Hi to the House for her to dlow parents to seek court orders re- to It was relumed to Ilie Mouse for concurrence in The hill passed both houses curlier this session Hul I louse 1 couples involved in divorce h revise I heir crises and claim fault grounds next Jnn 1 posed starting date of the new lau The Senate said lhat should be only if both Hoc jingo ml J INDEX LANSING Mich AP A rundown of items covered by Michigan's new Age of legislation dropping the age of adulthood from 21 to 18 Includes such diverse areas as gambling and operating soft drink em- When Gov William signs the and it takes Jan 1 1072 will hn able or carry con- weapons billiard rooms dance halls howling alleys or emporiums as notaries public land sold for de- taxes without pointment of a guardian school buses o I U n t a r ily commit themselves to menial tions eligible for general welfare relict including medical care at horse races alcoholic beverages workmen's com- without a guardian and possess rettes preliminary ex- in courts a n d possess handguns without being companied by a over 21 wills and legal con- tracts SUCTION 2 Twin News Women's Sec linn 4 0 7 8 Ann Landers fi Obituaries Kl TWO Area Page 15 Sports Pages Ifi 17 TV Radio Page 21 Markets 25 Weather 25 Classified Ails 1'agcs 20 27 28 29 Fruit Growers Plead Guilty Two more county growers won arrested day mi issued on complaint of Michigan De- of Health for operating agriculture labor camps without i Kennelli V Stover fin prominent Merrien Springs grower nnd John Ashman Sodus township grower both pleaded guilty in Fifth district court Wednesday and were released on personal recognizance by Judge John Hammond pending a investigation Stover was originally denied a license was given 10 by lire office In willi the Inw to do so according lei Richard Ives acting head of lie County Health Department's di- vision said it the time lie warrant was issued here were five adults find five children living in Stale law requires if five or more persons are living in i camp a license from the health department is needed Ashman did not file application for a license according who said lint at the time the warrant was issued 11 persons wore living in his crimp Since July fi when a crackdown on unlicensed camps be- gan a total of five growers have charged with operating agricultural labor camps without a license said
